Cynical detectives, femme fatales, housewives gone bad and ruthless crooks get the star treatment during the 16th annual Noir City: Hollywood — Festival of Film Noir scheduled to run March 21-April 6 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

The festival’s crime melodramas, mostly from Hollywood studios in the 1940-50s, also include movies from England, France and Italy. A double-feature tribute to the late Eleanor Parker includes two of her three Academy Award nominated roles in the prison drama “Caged,” and an anguished wife to Kirk Douglas’ New York policeman in “Detective Story.”

LunaFest: The Zonta Club of Burbank presents a collection of short films by, for and about women, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. March 22. Proceeds benefit the Breast Cancer Fund and the club’s projects to help women. Tickets $20. Laemmle NoHo 7, 5240 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood. www.lunafest.org/northhollywood

Film at Panorama City Branch Library: Call for title of the weekly movie showing, 4 p.m. March 25. 14345 Roscoe Blvd. 818-894-4071. www.lapl.org

Film at Glendale Central Library: The City of Glendale Commission on the Status of Women presents “Miss Representation” (2011, documentary) and a discussion, 7 p.m. March 25. 222 E. Harvard St. 818-548-2020. www.glendalepubliclibrary.org

Film at the Goethe Institut Los Angeles: Directed by Andreas Dresen: “Henryk from the Back Row” (2012), 7 p.m. March 26. In German with English subtitles. Free. 5750 Wilshire Blvd. 323-525-3388. www.goethe.de/ins/us

Japanema at The Japan Foundation: “5 Centimeters Per Second” (2007) and “The Garden of Words” (2013), 7 p.m. March 26. In Japanese with English subtitles. Free. 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. 323-761-7510. www.jflalc.org

Film at North Hollywood Regional Branch Library: Call for title of the weekly movie showing, 2 p.m. March 27. 5211 Tujunga Ave. 818-766-7185. www.lapl.org

Long Beach area

Beat Theatre: Double feature of Satoshi Kon’s “Paprika” and Akira Kurosawa’s “Dreams.” “Paprika” is a 2006 animated film that follows a research psychologist who helps therapists enter their patients’ dreams and is based on the novel with the same title by Yasutaka Tsutsui. “Dreams” is a 1990 animated film based on actual dreams Kurosawa had during different stages of his life. 7 p.m. March 21. Tickets $7 donation. Cultural Alliance of Long Beach, 729 Pine Ave., Long Beach. 562-436-3421. http://calbarts.org

Film at Pasadena Public Library: “Hugo” (2011), a multiple Oscar winner, screens as part of the One City, One Story series of events at 1 p.m. March 26. Free. Pasadena Central Library, 285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena. 626-744-4066. www.cityofpasadena.net

South Bay area

Laurel & Hardy comedy festival: A hilarious program of silent and sound shorts; preceded by music played on the pipe organ and an audience sing-along; 8:15 p.m. March 21; 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. March 22 and 2:30 p.m. March 23. Tickets $10-$8 (cash or check only). Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo. 310-322-2592. www.oldtownmusichall.org

“Grease” Sing-A-Long: The 1978 film that captures the 1959 high school scene comes alive on a big screen with audience participation and dinner available (at 6 p.m.) from the Original Tommy’s, 7 p.m. March 23. Tickets $35. James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance. 310-781-7171. www.torrancearts.org